Jen McClure and Liz Scherer are worried about a number of issues that arose out of this week’s conversation, which covered these topics:
Burger King has walked back its poll on who Belgians see as their king (King Philippe or BK) after blowback from the royal family.
Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends 350-plus-page report included several nuggets of interest to communicators, including the share of online advertising that belongs to just
Facebook and Google (and what it might mean to media companies); the growth in the number of Internet users and smartphone users; the volumes of data… Read More »
Philippe Borremans and Jennifer Wah join host Shel Holtz for a conversation on these topics:
The Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) is launching a campaign to eradicate Advertising Value Equivalencies (AVEs) from PR measurement once and for all. The UK’s Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) is joining in, giving members a year to transition or face the consequences.
Philippe summarizes the recent African PR Summit held in Casablanca earlier this month.
A study finds statistically that people respond to online marketing based on consumer… Read More »
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Facebook community moderation guidelines leaked—Materials used to train Facebook content moderators has leaked, exposing some troublesome guidelines that the company is struggling to explain. Among them, live-streamed suicide attempts are fine “as long as they are engaging with viewers and threats to kill more than five days in the future are not to be viewed as a high priority. The guidelines address child abuse, animal cruelty, nudity, and other sensitive issues, offering… Read More »
Richard Binhammer and Gerard Braud join host Shel Holtz for a conversation on these topics:
Why hasn’t Penn State learned anything about crisis communications in the five years since the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal? They seem to be operating out of the same playbook following the death of a fraternity pledge.
More CEOs are being shown the door over ethical lapses. Why is this happening and is there anything communicators should be doing to prevent it (especially given some of the Global Alliance’s Melbourne Mandate and the Arthur W. Page Society’s Corporate Character… Read More »
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FCC votes to end net neutrality—The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to open debate on a proposal to reverse the Title II designation used to enforce net neutrality and on whether the FCC should impose net neutrality rules through other mechanisms. The takeaway: Make your voice heard. Leave a comment on the FCC’s public comment page. Without net neutrality, the ability of small companies to compete against those who can pay for faster access will be… Read More »
The conversation on this special episode of the show focused on a single theme: ageism in PR and digital/social media. Guest co-hosts Jennifer Stauss and Mark Story joined host Shel Holtz to explore several dimensions of the issue, including…
Whether digital media deserves its own seat the C-suite table and, if it does, what kind of experience needs to be represented there.
Do you really need to hire somebody under 25 (or 40) for social media jobs?
Why ageism seems to be the acceptable form of discrimination
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